Thursday, November 29, 2012

Plato Quote

I just had to share this...


Music Education is Essential


Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

At BSLK, the students sang to Piano, the mouse. The students know the definition of Forte: loud & Piano: soft and quiet. The students also learned a new Kodaly hand: re. So now they know: do, re, mi, so, and la. The students did a Solfege exercise with all the Kodaly hand signs they know. The students worked on their Sweets & Songs music: "Chatter with the Angels," "This Little Light of Mine," and "Peace Like a River." The students listened and sang along to Pete the Cat Saves Christmas. Then the students learned to tap the beat of "Jingle Bells" on the Jingle Bell rhythm sheets.

At APS, the students are singing to Piano the mouse. The students know the definition of Forte: loud & Piano: soft and quiet. The students are singing a Solfege exercise using all of the Kodaly hand signs. The students are reviewing musical terms and concepts including: treble clef, bass clef, music staff, quarter note, eighth note, whole note, and half note. The students are reviewing the songs "Blackbird" & "Rockin' Robin" and beginning to learn "Three Little Birds." The students are listening to Pete the Cat Saves Christmas. The students are then keeping a steady beat of "Jingle Bells" on the Jingle Bell rhythm sheets and acknowledging the Repeat Sign. After they have proven to me they can play on the beat, then they are choosing a bell and playing "Jingle Bells" with the bells.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Thanksgiving and Tambourines

This week at BSLK the students reviewed Kodaly hand signs: so, mi, la, and do. The students also met Piano, the mouse. The students learned that Piano means soft and quiet. The students sang and danced to an Indian song called "Pow Wow." The students also talked about what all we are thankful for and sang and danced to "Thanksgiving Song." The students learned the song "Five Fat Turkeys." At the end of class, we echoed rhythms with the drums. The students also learned that a fancy word for drumstick is MALLET.

This week at APS the students reviewed all of the Kodaly hand signs: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, and ti. The students sang to Piano, the mouse. The students remembered from last year that piano means soft and quiet. The students sang and danced to the Indian song, "Pow Wow." The students then reviewed "Blackbird" and "Rockin' Robin." Then the students played the tambourines and sang to "Tambourine Says Ching!"

Thursday, November 1, 2012

FUN WEEK

This week at BSLK, we reviewed our spooky songs: "Spooky Loo" "Spooky Walk" "This is Halloween." We also listened and sang along to the book "The Monster Mash." The kids also learned the song "Five Little Pumpkins." We also reviewed our Kodaly singing hands: so, mi, la, and do. We then sang to Forte, the lion, using Kodaly hand signs so and mi. We also learned "The Skeleton Dance." Students that are in next weeks PTO Program rehearsed the patriotic songs.

At APS, the students are reviewing all of the Kodaly hand signs: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, and ti. The students are singing to Forte, the lion, using Kodaly hand signs so and mi. The 2nd grade students are reviewing on their white boards: music staff, quarter note, eighth note, half note, whole note, treble clef, and bass clef. The 1st grade students are reviewing: music staff, quarter note, eighth note, treble clef, and bass clef. The students are singing "Blackbird" and reviewing the song "Rockin' Robin." The words in "Rockin' Robin" go by very fast, so we are having to slow it down to get all of the words in. The students are also playing with their rhythm sticks and echoing quarter and eighth note beat rhythms.

Lots of fun this week! :)